William North

William North (1755-3 January 1836) was a US Senator from New York from 5 May to 17 August 1798, succeeding John Sloss Hobart and preceding James Watson. He was a Federalist Party member.

Biography
William North was born in Pemaquid, Maine in 1755, and he served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 1778, having fought at the Battle of Quebec and the Battle of Monmouth, he was appointed aide-de-camp to Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, and he was present at the surrender of Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown on 19 October 1781. In 1786, he was promoted to Major, and he settled in Duanesburg, New York. In 1798, he was appointed Adjutant General of the US Army with the rank of Brigadier-General, and he briefly served as a US Senator from New York in 1798 in between John Sloss Hobart's resignation and James Watson's election. In 1800, he was mustered out of the Army as tensions with France diminished, and he was a member of the Erie Canal Commission from 1810 to 1816. He died in 1836.